Emma Lowndes (born 1975) is an English actress, known for portraying
Bella Gregson in Cranford, Mary Rivers in Jane Eyre and Margie Drewe
in Downton Abbey.Brought up in Irlam, near Manchester, Lowndes
attended Irlam Primary School and Urmston Grammar School, where she
was Head Girl. She studied English at the University of York before
training at RADA, graduating in 2000. Her training was partly funded
by the Salford Sports and Arts Trust, established by Albert Finney and
Harold Riley to assist the city's young talent.Lowndes is the eldest
of three siblings born to Eric and Suzanne Lowndes. She has a younger
brother, footballer Nathan Lowndes, and a sister, Katie Lowndes.
Lowndes lives in London with her partner, Jason Merrells and their
daughter.
Bella Gregson in Cranford, Mary Rivers in Jane Eyre and Margie Drewe
in Downton Abbey.Brought up in Irlam, near Manchester, Lowndes
attended Irlam Primary School and Urmston Grammar School, where she
was Head Girl. She studied English at the University of York before
training at RADA, graduating in 2000. Her training was partly funded
by the Salford Sports and Arts Trust, established by Albert Finney and
Harold Riley to assist the city's young talent.Lowndes is the eldest
of three siblings born to Eric and Suzanne Lowndes. She has a younger
brother, footballer Nathan Lowndes, and a sister, Katie Lowndes.
Lowndes lives in London with her partner, Jason Merrells and their
daughter.
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